Recommended GATE Books for CSE | Get Excel in Computer Science

I get lots of request from CS students for asking recommended books for CSE. And it is never-ending doubt. Many frantically end up without any concrete books. So in this post, I am sharing recommend books for those who want to get excel in Computer Science. These are also recommended for placement guide as well as GATE Books for CSE.

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Many of us are preparing for placement or CS competitive examination like GATE. If you are preparing for GATE, there is always confusion how to prepare for GATE exam and what are the resources have to use to get good rank in GATE exam.

You have very limited time. Don’t be late for preparation. Don’t waste your time for the sake of hunting books and doing nothing. Refer books recommended by the expert in this post.

If you are preparing for GATE and thinking, Why there is the need to have set of GATE books for CSE?

Every year GATE exam is conducted by different IIT. Who sets the CSE GATE question papers? No doubt, professors from IIT. To set the question papers, they refer standard books that are well known and the books that are comfortable for them. All the questions are more likely to be taken/referred from these books. The notations from GATE books for CSE that they refer, are considered as standard and uses in the GATE exam.

So to clear all doubts and get good rank in GATE, you must use standard books recommended by the expert.

1. Algorithms and Data Structure:

Introduction to Algorithms by Rivest, Cormen, Stein, Leiserson, generally. It is also well known as CLRS book. You will find everything in this book about Algorithm. As the algorithm is the core of the Computer Science Engineering, it would not be strange if call it as the bible for a CS engineer. Count it is in most recommended GATE books for CSE.

3. Theory of Computation:

“Theory of Computation” by Ullman is the best among all other GATE books for CSE, to learn theory of computation. While reading this book you may come across many weird symbols involved, but no need to worry. If you read it with good concentration, you can catch up every point mentioned in the book.

There is one more book named “Introduction to the Theory of Computation” by Michael Sipser. This book is helpful for interviews preparation for MS/MTech admission.

6. Programming :

In CSE GATE, most of the question on programming will be output oriented. To solve this. You have to be good in basic programming concept for C language. For C language, I recommend you to go for “Let Us C” by Yashwant Kanetkar book.

9. Digital Logic:

10. Software Engineering:

“Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach” by Pressman is the recommended book for CS GATE preparation. My personal advice, don’t read the complete book. Hardly 2-3 questions will come from this book, if you read this book completely it will take lots of time. There are very Few important concepts you must have to focus on like Cyclomatic Complexity, Coupling and Cohesion, etc. All the question will come from these topics only.

11. Web Technologies:

It is very much easy. You just have to understand basic idea about HTML, XML, etc. I don’t recommend you any GATE books for CSE on Web Technology to read. You can easily find out all the basic concept of the internet.

Final Word:

There are lots of material from GATE coaching academy available within the market, but nothing can beat thoroughly written books by expert authors.

My personal opinion, it is good if you have coaching material, but don’t rely on at. As there are a lot of discrepancies among coaching classes both in the questions and in the answers.

So go for the standard GATE books for CSE. These are recommended by the expert.

Note: First book that we have mentioned in every topic is highly recommended. If time permits you, go for other GATE books for CSE.

I will update this post, whenever I will find any other recommended GATE books for CSE. So bookmark it and read it, once before going to purchase any book.

If you have any doubt, please feel free to comment bellow. I will try my best to reply you as soon as possible.

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